The 500,000 yuan bonus might not be particularly substantial for those employees who arrived at the year-end party in luxury cars.
Because according to the company’s current incentive chanism, collecting faith could be converted into bonuses, and as long as one had enough faith, there would be no shortage of money.
Moreover, as Cross-plane Travelers themselves, they had opened more than one divine sequence, and according to Shi Yitong’s words, so were also profiting privately using their abilities or special equipnt.
However, for Li Yu, who had joined the company in the third epoch and had been there for just over half a year, receiving a year-end bonus of 500,000 was quite satisfying already.
As for the outstanding employee awards that followed, he didn’t think much about it, since those were usually reserved for veteran employees or those of higher ranks.
Soone like him, who joined midway and was just starting out, generally wouldn’t be related to such additional rewards.
But what Li Yu didn’t expect was that he would ultimately hear his own na called.
Because the third epoch had unexpectedly set up a best newcor award, the trophy was a 24k pure gold Southern Ape, identical to the one in the company’s OA interface.
It weighed about three and a half kilograms, which ant that just this trophy, based on the current price of gold, would be worth over 600,000 yuan.
And it was actually presented to him by Director Taylor, the most powerful person in the company.
Li Yu took the trophy from Taylor’s hands, expressed his gratitude, and was about to step down when Taylor called him back.
"Take this as well,"
She handed him a set of ARMANI suits, "This is also part of the reward. Its na is ’Glory of the Dead,’ a Four-star Equipnt that matches well with your divine sequence.
"It was originally thrown into the prize pool, but I had soone take it out directly for you."
"Is this really okay..." said Li Yu.
"There’s nothing wrong with it. This suit wasn’t hugely attractive to others to begin with, and its value is roughly equivalent to the prize that was supposed to be given to you.
"Rather than letting it end up with soone who doesn’t need it, it’s better to give it directly to you," Taylor said with a smile.
Li Yu nodded and took the ’Glory of the Dead.’
He could tell that Director Taylor seed to have a favorable impression of him, yet the two had never t before and didn’t have any interaction, so Li Yu didn’t know why she was so partial to him.
And it wasn’t just Li Yu’s misconception; Taylor only presented the award to him, and then returned to sit at the table.
It was Bernard who eagerly volunteered to present awards whenever he saw a beautiful female employee co up to receive one.
In the end, approximately fourteen people received the company’s additional comndation.
Li Yu checked and found that the ’Glory of the Dead’ he received was not the most valuable award. In fact, just as Taylor had said, this equipnt was of a higher star level but wasn’t very practical for others, besides himself.
Even Li Yu himself didn’t really want to use it.
Even though he could revive continuously, the pain he would suffer before death would not be less in any way.
After two rounds of raffles and award presentations, the year-end party moved on to the performance segnt, which featured Peking opera, cross-talk, acrobatics, shadow play, and more, each taking their turn before the audience.
The perforrs were all Magic Automatons from Red Leaf Manor, and the atmosphere in the living room once again grew lively.
Shi Yitong and Hephaestus both went to chat with other colleagues they knew.
As for Li Yu, it was his first ti attending the year-end party and he didn’t know many people; the only one he knew, Xu ngyuan had not returned after taking the sowhat out-of-control Magic Automaton away.
Li Yu stood up and walked to the bar, where he asked the bartender to mix him a kiwi fruit with sour yogurt.
While he was drinking, he caught a whiff of a sowhat familiar perfu.
Li Yu looked up and saw Taylor walking toward him.
"Li Yu."
"Ms. Taylor."
Li Yu saw Taylor extend her hand and also put down his yogurt to shake hands with her.
Seeming to notice the confusion in Li Yu’s eyes, Taylor took the initiative to say, "Don’t worry, I just want to have a chat with you. Can I sit down beside you?"
"Of course."
"What does death look like?" Taylor asked as soon as she sat down.
"Hm?"
"You have [Reborn], so I guess you’ve witnessed death, right?"
"Oh, it’s pitch-black, so dark you can’t see your hand in front of your face. Then you’ll see a speck of light, walk towards it, and the next thing you know, you’re faced with a mini-ga.
"I’ve already played Sokoban and Tetris, win and you get to co back to life."
"Interesting." Taylor’s gaze swept over the bar, all drinks she had experienced, which made her uninterested. Not until her eyes landed on a bottle of Laoshan White Snake Grass Water.
She told the bartender, "I’ll have that one."
Li Yu, seeing her choice, intended to give her a heads-up.
But Taylor didn’t give him the chance and asked, "Have you ever been curious as to why the afterlife is like this?"
Li Yu nodded, "No matter how you look at it, being revived through passing mini-gas is a bit too bizarre. I’ve even thought about what would happen if I encountered a ga I absolutely couldn’t beat later on.
"Am I supposed to play mini-gas into eternity?"
"Good question, but I’m afraid only you can find that answer," said Taylor, lifting the Laoshan White Snake Grass Water to her lips and taking a sip, frowning slightly.
Li Yu felt she was being sowhat insincere.
About [Reborn], Taylor likely knew so things he didn’t.
However, being the first Director of the Third Era, if she didn’t want to talk, there was no way for Li Yu to force her.
Taylor seed to really just want to chat casually, as she claid, even asking Li Yu what book he had been reading recently.
"Lately? Mostly reference books due to work. For relaxation, I’d go for web novels. Recently, I’ve been reading ’Immortal Pills for You, Poisons for ,’ a Xianxia novel."
"I’ve been reading a Chinese novel lately too, called ’Three Body’," Taylor said. "I quite like that novel. Have you read it?"
"Three Body? Yeah, I rember reading the first part in college. It’s about the impending destruction of a human civilization, right?"
"Exactly," Taylor said, eyes sparkling. "If you have ti, you should finish the other two parts."
This request was a bit odd, but Li Yu agreed anyway. After that, Taylor chatted with him a bit more before getting up to leave.
Soon after she departed, Hephaestus ca up to him, exclaiming, "Holy shit, I didn’t realize before – you’re one of Director Taylor’s people!"
"I’m not. Don’t talk nonsense. Director Taylor just had a casual chat with , and incidentally recomnded ’Three Body’ to ."
"’Three Body’? Why?"
"Don’t know. Maybe she’s been so engrossed in the book recently that she wanted soone to share it with."
Despite saying that, Li Yu still planned to finish the other two parts when he got back. He glanced at his watch; it was nearly ten o’clock.
And at that mont, the final round of the raffle was finally about to start.
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